No.4 Maryland Field Hockey Hosts B1G/ACC Cup

The fourth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (3-0) will host the fourth annual Big Ten/ACC Cup at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex this weekend. No. 3 Duke (2-0), No. 12 Northwestern (1-1) and No. 13 Boston College (2-0) will all come to College Park Friday.

SCOUTING REPORT

• Maryland is 12-2 all-time vs. Boston College, with the Eagles winning two of the last three matchups in this event. Last year, Boston College won 2-1 on Sept. 3 in Lancaster, Pa. Bodil Keus scored Maryland’s lone goal. | STATS

• The Terps are 33-12-3 all-time vs. Duke after splitting last year’s matchups. The Blue Devils won 2-0 in this event on Sept. 1, then Maryland won their NCAA Tournament matchup, 3-2, in November. Duke led 2-1 in the second half, then Keus scored in the 64th minute and Linnea Gonzales scored in the 66th minute to send Maryland to the Final Four. | STATS

MARYLAND IN OPENERS

• Maryland is 41-3-2 in season openers and the Terps have won their last 23 straight.

• The Terrapins have opened 30 of their 44 seasons on the road.

• The Terps are 11-3 in home openers at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and have outscored their opponents 53-17 in those 14 games.

HOME SWEET HOME

Since its opening in 2003, the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has provided the Maryland hockey program a huge home field advantage.

• The Terps are 168-21 (.889) all-time at the Complex.

• Maryland won 38 straight games at the Complex from Oct.11, 2008 through Oct. 14, 2011. The streak ended with a 5-2 loss to then-No. 1 Old Dominion.

• The Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has played home to 26 of Maryland’s NCAA Tournament games and has played host to three Final Fours (2007, 2010, 2014). The Terrapins are 23-3 in those games and won the 2010 national title on their home field.

PACK THE HOUSE

• The Maryland field hockey team has increasingly attracted more and more fans to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex season after season. The Terrapins have led the nation in attendance in five of the last eight years.

• An NCAA-record crowd of 2,381 came out to watch as Maryland beat North Carolina 3-2 in double overtime for the 2010 national championship at the Complex.

THREE TERPS EARN PRESEASON BIG TEN HONORS

• This marks Gonzales’ fourth straight year earning Big Ten Preseason honors. She was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2015 and All-Big Ten First Team honors last season. Gonzales is the Terps’ second leading returning scorer with 10 goals last season, including three in their NCAA Tournament run to the national championship game.

• Lepage started in 12 of 22 games as a sophomore last year. She scored one goal in a game at Michigan State and notched three assists.

• As a freshman last season, DeBerdine started in all 23 games and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN

• The trio was votes on by their peers after a team vote. All three Terps are new to the captainship role.

OVERTIME IS TERPS TIME

During Missy Meharg‘s tenure, the Terrapins have become one of the nation’s most dangerous teams in overtime.

• The Terps are 64-25 (.719) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.

• In Meharg’s tenure, the Terps are 53-21 (.716) in overtime or penalty strokes games.

STAFF UPDATES

• The Terrapins welcome two new assistant staff members in 2018. Kati Nearhouse comes on board as the team’s Director of Operations and former Terrapin Kasey Tapman joins as the team’s volunteer assistant coach.

• Nearhouse comes to Maryland after spending the 2017 season as an assistant coach at Bryant. Prior to her time at Bryant, Nearhouse worked for two seasons at her alma mater, Syracuse, as the Director of Operations for field hockey. She played her first three seasons at Old Dominion before transferring to Syracuse to finish her career. As a player, Nearhouse was named an NFHCA Division I Second Team All-American after a standout sophomore campaign in 2011. That season, she started 25 games and tallied 21 points off eight goals and five assists, leading the Lady Monarchs to the Final Four.

• Tapman was a part of five Maryland field hockey teams, including a redshirt season. She played in 77 career games. She helped the Terps to the 2011 NCAA title and three total NCAA Final Fours. In her time in College Park, Maryland won four conference titles. She is currently on the U.S. National Team’s Developmental Squad.

TERPS ON NATIONAL TEAMS

• Nine Terrapins, former and present, are currently on USA Field Hockey’s national team rosters.

• Jill (Witmer) Funk competed with Team USA in the Rio Olympics last summer, along with former volunteer assistant coach Stefanie Fee. Former Terrapin Megan Frazer is on the Irish National Team and current Terp Nike Lorenz plays for Team Germany.

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